Empress Josephine
Empress Josephine was an outsider, returned at decimal odds of 14.6. The field numbered 14 runners. The horse is by Galileo out of Lillie Langtry. The win was worth EUR 232,000 to the winner. The winning time was 1m 47.92s.
Ireland
Curragh · 23.05.21
Watch the raceIrish 1000 Guineas
Purse€400,000
Distance1609 metres
Winning time1m 47.92s
SurfaceTurf
Conditions3-year-old fillies
Stories of this Result
Aidan O'Brien
Aidan O'Brien had already trained a winner of this race: Peaceful (2020). The stable also saddled Joan Of Arc (second) in this edition. The stable had come close here before: So Wonderful was third in 2020.
Coolmore Group
Coolmore Group also owned Joan Of Arc (second) in this edition. The owner had come close here before: So Wonderful was third in 2020. With this win, the owner closed to within one win of leader Godolphin.
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Racing TV · English commentaryResult
14 runners · prize money to 7th placePosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
4thBelle Image3yo filly by Kodi Bear × SemblanceRobbie ColganS LaveryShort head€20,000
5thFantasy Lady3yo filly by Dark Angel × WarshahBilly LeePaddy Twomey½€12,000
11thSweet Gardenia3yo filly by Showcasing × Penny RoyaleOisin OrrJoseph G Murphy1
12thSziget3yo filly by Footstepsinthesand × Elusive BonusJ M SheridanD Bergin1 ¾
14thZaffy's Pride3yo filly by Pride Of Dubai × ZaafranT P MaddenMrs J Harrington1
Pedigree of the winner
As of race day 23.05.21Empress Josephine
GalileoSire
Lillie LangtryDamby Danehill Dancer
DamLillie Langtry
Empress Josephine is out of Lillie Langtry (Danehill Dancer), a Group 1 winner in Ireland and England whose wins include the Gr.1 Coronation S. and the Gr.1 Matron S., and a highweight 3-year-old filly in England. Lillie Langtry is the dam of Empress Josephine's full-sister Minding, winner of seven Group 1 races including the 1000 Guineas and the Epsom Oaks and a highweight at two, at three and as an older mare, and of another full-sister, Kissed By Angels, who won the Gr.3 1000 Guineas Trial.
Second damHoity Toity
Second dam Hoity Toity (Darshaan).
Third damHiwaayati
Third dam Hiwaayati (Shadeed).
Wider family
Lillie Langtry is related to Count of Limonade (Duke of Marmalade), winner of the Listed Celebration S. and third in the Gr.3 Gallinule S., and to Danilovna (Dansili), winner of the Listed Dahlia S. and second in the Grade 3 Autumn Miss S. This is also the family of the group-winning sires Great Commotion and Lead On Time.
Next generation
Lillie Langtry has an unraced 2-year-old full-sister to Empress Josephine named Bubbling and a yearling full-sister.
Connections
History since 1926
Irish 1000 Guineas96Editions since 1926
0Multiple winners
Record holders
Most wins since 19261GalileoSire · 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 …7 wins
All 96 winners since 1926
| Year | Winner | Trainer / Jockey | Owner / Breeder | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Empress Josephine Galileo | Aidan O'Brien Seamie Heffernan | Coolmore Group Coolmore | 15.00 |
| 2020 | Peaceful Galileo | Aidan O'Brien Seamie Heffernan | Coolmore Group Coolmore | 4.00 |
| 2019 | Hermosa Galileo | Aidan O'Brien Ryan Moore | Coolmore Group Beauty Is Truth Syndicate | 3.50 |
| 2018 | Alpha Centauri Mastercraftsman | Jessica Harrington Colm O'Donoghue | Niarchos Family Niarchos Family | 13.00 |
| 2017 | Winter Galileo | Aidan O'Brien Ryan Moore | Coolmore Group Laddies Poker Two Syndicate | 1.62 |
| 2016 | Jet Setting Fast Company | Adrian Keatley Shane Foley | Equinegrowthpartners Syndicate P Kelly | 10.00 |
| 2015 | Pleascach Teofilo | Jim Bolger Kevin Manning | Jackie Bolger Jim Bolger | 6.50 |
| 2014 | Marvellous Galileo | Aidan O'Brien Ryan Moore | Coolmore Group You'resothrilling Syndicate | 11.00 |
| 2013 | Just The Judge Lawman | Charles Hills Jamie Spencer | Qatar Racing Ltd & Sangster family Joan Keaney Dempsey | 3.00 |
| 2012 | Samitar Rock of Gibraltar | Mick Channon Martin Harley | Martin S. Schwartz Norman Court Stud | 13.00 |
| 2011 | Misty for Me Galileo | Aidan O'Brien Seamie Heffernan | Coolmore Group March Thoroughbreds | 6.00 |
| 2010 | Bethrah Marju | Dermot Weld Pat Smullen | Hamdan Al Maktoum Tullpark Ltd | 17.00 |
| 2009 | Again Danehill Dancer | David Wachman Johnny Murtagh | Coolmore Group Southern Bloodstock | 3.50 |
| 2008 | Halfway to Heaven Pivotal | Aidan O'Brien Seamie Heffernan | Coolmore Group Trevor Stewart | 7.50 |
| 2007 | Finsceal Beo Mr. Greeley | Jim Bolger Kevin Manning | Michael Ryan Rathberry Stud | 2.00 |
| 2006 | Nightime Galileo | Dermot Weld Pat Smullen | Marguerite Weld Marguerite Weld | 13.00 |
| 2005 | Saoire Pivotal | Frances Crowley Michael Kinane | Joseph Joyce Louise Parry | 11.00 |
| 2004 | Attraction Efisio | Mark Johnston Kevin Darley | 10th Duke of Roxburghe Floors Farming | 3.00 |
| 2003 | Yesterday Sadler's Wells | Aidan O'Brien Michael Kinane | Coolmore Group Premier Bloodstock | 6.50 |
| 2002 | Gossamer Sadler's Wells | Luca Cumani Jamie Spencer | Gerald Leigh Gerald Leigh | 5.00 |
| 2001 | Imagine Sadler's Wells | Aidan O'Brien Seamie Heffernan | Coolmore Group Barronstown Stud and Orpendale | 17.00 |
| 2000 | Crimplene Lion Cavern | Clive Brittain Philip Robinson | Marwan Al-Maktoum Marwan Al-Maktoum | 17.00 |
| 1999 | Hula Angel Woodman | Barry Hills Michael Hills | Jim Fleming Gainsborough Farm | 17.00 |
| 1998 | Tarascon Tirol | Tommy Stack Jamie Spencer | Jane Rowlinson Barronstown Stud, Ron Con Ltd and Mrs T Stack | 13.00 |
| 1997 | Classic Park Robellino | Aidan O'Brien Stephen Craine | Mrs Seamus Burns Lady Halifax | 21.00 |
| 1996 | Matiya Alzao | Ben Hanbury Willie Carson | Hamdan Al Maktoum Barronstown Stud | 6.00 |
| 1995 | Ridgewood Pearl Indian Ridge | John Oxx Christy Roche | Anne Coughlan Sean Coughlan | 3.25 |
| 1994 | Mehthaaf Nureyev | John Dunlop Willie Carson | Hamdan Al Maktoum Shadwell Farm | 3.50 |
| 1993 | Nicer Pennine Walk | Barry Hills Michael Hills | Catherine Corbett Barronstown Bloodstock Ltd | 9.00 |
| 1992 | Marling Lomond | Geoff Wragg Walter Swinburn | Sir Edmund Loder Edmund Loder | 1.80 |
| 1991 | Kooyonga Persian Bold | Michael Kauntze Warren O'Connor | Mitsuo Haga Ovidstown Stud Stud | 5.00 |
| 1990 | In the Groove Night Shift | David Elsworth Steve Cauthen | Brian Cooper Capt John Macdonald Buchanan | 6.00 |
| 1989 | Ensconse Lyphard | Luca Cumani Ray Cochrane | Sheikh Mohammed King Ranch | 2.62 |
| 1988 | Trusted Partner Affirmed | Dermot Weld Michael Kinane | Moyglare Stud Moyglare Stud | 11.00 |
| 1987 | Forest Flower Green Forest | Ian Balding Tony Ives | Paul Mellon Paul Mellon | 5.00 |
| 1986 | Sonic Lady Nureyev | Sir Michael Stoute Walter Swinburn | Sheikh Mohammed J. Allan McTier | 5.00 |
| 1985 | Al Bahathri Blushing Groom | Harry Thomson Jones Tony Murray | Hamdan Al Maktoum Thomas P. Whitney | 8.00 |
| 1984 | Katies Nonoalco | Mick Ryan Philip Robinson | Terry Ramsden Mareco Ltd. | 21.00 |
| 1983 | L'Attrayante Tyrant | Olivier Douieb Alain Badel | Mrs Charles Thériot BBA (Ireland) | 5.00 |
| 1982 | Prince's Polly English Prince | Dermot Weld Wally Swinburn | Kerry Fitzpatrick Tom Nicholson | 13.00 |
| 1981 | Arctique Royale Royal and Regal | Kevin Prendergast Gabriel Curran | Jean-Pierre Binet Paddy Prendergast | 8.00 |
| 1980 | Cairn Rouge Pitcairn | Michael Cunningham Tony Murray | D. Brady Janet Brady | 6.00 |
| 1979 | Godetia Sir Ivor | Vincent O'Brien Lester Piggott | Robert Sangster Whitney Stone | 2.00 |
| 1978 | More So Ballymore | Paddy Prendergast Christy Roche | Joan Gelb G Spann | 3.00 |
| 1977 | Lady Capulet Sir Ivor | Vincent O'Brien Tommy Murphy | Robert Sangster Claiborne Farm | 17.00 |
| 1976 | Sarah Siddons Le Levanstell | Paddy Prendergast Christy Roche | Mrs J R Mullion Ardenode Stud | 5.00 |
| 1975 | Miralla Allangrange | Hugh Nugent Buster Parnell | Lady Lister Kaye Frank Flannery | 15.00 |
| 1974 | Gaily Sir Gaylord | Dick Hern Ron Hutchinson | Sir Michael Sobell Warner L. Jones | 3.00 |
| 1973 | Cloonagh High Hat | Sir Henry Cecil Greville Starkey | Arthur Boyd-Rochfort Tally-Ho Stud | 8.00 |
| 1972 | Pidget Fortino | Kevin Prendergast Wally Swinburn | Norman Butler Norman Butler | 21.00 |
| 1971 | Favoletta Baldric II | Harry Wragg Lester Piggott | Budgie Moller | 3.50 |
| 1970 | Black Satin Linacre | John Dunlop Ron Hutchinson | W. Reynolds | 4.00 |
| 1969 | Wenduyne Moutiers | Paddy Prendergast Bill Williamson | J. Mullion | 3.00 |
| 1968 | Front Row Epaulette | Ryan Jarvis Eric Eldin | F. Allen | 8.00 |
| 1967 | Lacquer Shantung | Harry Wragg Ron Hutchinson | Budgie Moller | 5.00 |
| 1966 | Valoris Tiziano | Vincent O'Brien J. Power | Charles Clore Robert Forget | 10.00 |
| 1965 | Ardent Dancer Buisson Ardent | Tommy Gosling Bill Rickaby | Mrs P. McAllister | 6.00 |
| 1964 | Royal Danseuse Prince Chevalier | Seamus McGrath Johnny Roe | Joe McGrath | 2.75 |
| 1963 | Gazpacho Hard Sauce | Paddy Prendergast Freddie Palmer | Mrs J. Mullion | 10.00 |
| 1962 | Shandon Belle Hook Money | R. Fetherstonhaugh T. P. Burns | S. Abbot | 21.00 |
| 1961 | Lady Senator The Phoenix | P. Ashworth Tommy Gosling | G. Freeman | 2.50 |
| 1960 | Zenobia Sayajirao | Tommy Shaw Liam Ward | Mrs A. Biddle | 13.50 |
| 1959 | Fiorentina Tulyar | A. Head G. T. D. Moore | Prince Aly Khan | 2.00 |
| 1958 | Butiaba Prince Chevalier | A Head J. Massard | — | 3.00 |
| 1957 | Even Star Abernant | R Day F Durr | — | 7.00 |
| 1956 | Pederoba Djebe | A. Head W. R. Johnstone | — | 5.00 |
| 1955 | Dark Issue Sayajirao | Capt. D. Rogers P. Canty | — | 7.00 |
| 1954 | Pantomime Queen Stardust | H M Hartigan W Nevett | — | 7.00 |
| 1953 | Northern Gleam Borealis | Darby Rogers T. Burns | Lady Bury | 3.50 |
| 1952 | Nashua Nasrullah | — Charlie Smirke | Aga Khan Studs | 4.50 |
| 1951 | Queen of Sheba Persian Gulf | H. S. Persse H. Holmes | — | 4.00 |
| 1950 | Princess Trudy His Highness | Paddy Prendergast Martin Molony | — | 2.00 |
| 1949 | Sunlit Ride Solenoid | — — | — | |
| 1948 | Morning Wings The Phoenix | — — | — | |
| 1947 | Sea Symphony Fairhaven | — — | — | |
| 1946 | Ella Retford Turkhan | — — | — | |
| 1945 | Panastrid Panorama | — — | — | |
| 1944 | Annetta Fairway | — — | — | |
| 1943 | Suntop Dastur | — — | — | |
| 1942 | Majideh Mahmoud | — — | Aga Khan III | |
| 1941 | Milady Rose Knight of the Garter | — — | — | |
| 1940 | Gainsworth Bosworth | — — | — | |
| 1939 | Serpent Star Sea Serpent | — — | — | |
| 1938 | Lapel Apelle | — — | — | |
| 1937 | Sol Speranza Ballyferis | — — | — | |
| 1936 | Harvest Star Trigo | — — | — | |
| 1935 | Smokeless Prince Galahad | — — | — | |
| 1934 | Kyloe Blandford | — — | — | |
| 1933 | Spy-Ann Spion Kop | — — | — | |
| 1932 | Petoni Zanoni | — — | — | |
| 1931 | Spiral Spion Kop | — — | — | |
| 1930 | Star of Egypt Allenby | — — | — | |
| 1929 | Soloptic Soldennis | — — | — | |
| 1928 | Moucheron Herodote | — — | — | |
| 1927 | West Indies Jackdaw | — — | — | |
| 1926 | Resplendent By George! | — — | — |
Source: G1Stars meeting database – winners, connections, times and starting prices as recorded. Group 1 grading began in 1971.
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